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Methven
Methven is located in Perth and Kinross
Methven
Methven
Population 1,300 (2020)
OS grid reference NO025259
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PERTH
Postcode district PH1
Dialling code 01738
Police Tayside
Fire Tayside
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish Parliament
  • Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
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UK
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56°24′54″N 3°34′48″W / 56.415°N 3.580°W / 56.415; -3.580
Methven Church and churchyard
Methven Church and churchyard

Methven ( Scottish Gaelic: Meadhainnigh) is a large village in the Scottish region of Perth and Kinross, on the A85 road due west of the town of Perth. It is near the village of Almondbank. The village has its own primary school, church, bowling club, community halls, playing field with sports facilities and skate-park, and a variety of businesses.

There is a local primary school in the village, and a large co-educational boarding and day independent school nearby, called Glenalmond College, described by The Good Schools Guide as providing an "outstanding" quality of education.

Local Issues

Work began on a new pedestrian crossing in the village in 2008, but was slow to progress, with it not completed until August 2009. Locals had campaigned for a crossing for years because of the busy main road that cuts through the village. The work to install it (as well as nearby works to upgrade the gas pipe network in the village) caused some disruption.

History and legacy

The Battle of Methven took place in 1306 between Scottish forces (led by newly crowned king Robert the Bruce) and English forces (led by Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke) and resulted in a resounding win for the English. This was part of the Scottish Wars of Independence.

Methven is the birthplace of the Reverend Dr Robert Stirling, inventor of the Stirling engine.

There used to be a Royal Air Force station nearby called RAF Methven.

Dr William Marshall born 26 Aug 1834 in Methven was appointed Queen Victoria's resident doctor at Balmoral in 1871. He was a royal physician until 1881. He died in Crieff on 22 Dec 1884. A note of his Royal service is made on his headstone erected by his father and in the Methven cemetery.

Sir Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, a military hero, lived in the area and is buried in the large stone vault south of the main church.

Notable people

Very Rev Dr James Oswald was minister of Methven from 1750 to 1783. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1765.

Dr William Marshall born 26 Aug 1834 in Methven was appointed Queen Victoria's resident doctor at Balmoral in 1871. He was a royal physician until 1881. He died in Crieff on 22 Dec 1884. A note of his Royal service is made on his headstone erected by his father and in the Methven cemetery.

Sir Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, a military hero, was born and raised at the family home of Balgowan House in the area and is buried in the large stone vault south of the main church.

Methven is the birthplace of the Reverend Dr Robert Stirling, inventor of the Stirling engine and of the banker Sir Alexander Kemp Wright.

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